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Jak Bazino
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French writer, author of novels about Myanmar (Burma), where I spent more than a decade until the military coup of February 2021.
Myanmar's junta launches sham elections on Dec 28, 2025, seeking legitimacy for its bloody rule. Condemned globally, the vote excludes widespread territories and relies on coercion, airstrikes, and the elimination of opposition.

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Myanmar's 2025 Sham Elections: Junta's Latest Charade to Legitimize Military Rule
Myanmar's junta launches sham elections on Dec 28, 2025, seeking legitimacy for its bloody rule. Condemned globally, the vote excludes widespread territories and relies on coercion, airstrikes, and th...
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December 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
As we celebrate the first anniversary of the liberation of Mindat, here is a story of unstoppable courage, from the legendary Tumee Revolution of 2021 to its liberation in December 2024.
The hills are free. Chinland rises.
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Mindat, The Phoenix of the Chin Hills: from the Tumee Revolution of 2021 to the Liberation of 2024
History of Mindat, the rebel city, from the Tumee revolution of 2021 to its liberation on 22nd December 2024
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December 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Half my novel takes place in 1942 and the story begins just after the first Japanese bombings of Rangoon in December 1941.
Here is a detailed historical account of these attacks, which started the Burma Campaign.

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The Terror from the Skies: The Japanese Bombing of Rangoon, December 1941
On December 23, 1941, Japanese warplanes descended on Rangoon, killing between 1,000-2,000 civilians in the first raid. Christmas Day brought a second apocalypse—over 100 aircraft attacked, leaving 5,...
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December 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
In my novel Breaking the Cycle, Khin Yadanar is a doctor saving lives amidst revolution. Her world are rooted in something starkly real.

This is a story of resilience that the world needs to see.

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#ChinState #BreakingTheCycle #Resistance
Beyond the Fiction: Chinland's Fight for Freedom
My debut novel, Breaking the Cycle, follows Khin Yadanar, a doctor in the CDF-Mindat, fighting alongside the diverse tribes of Chin State. The Chin resistance—fragmented across dozens of groups but un...
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December 13, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Contrary to Ukraine, the Myanmar resistance is fighting alone.
The army would have already collapsed without support from China and Russia. Will democracies defend Myanmar's fight for freedom, or will they watch another country fall to the authoritarian axis?
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MYANMAR: THE FORGOTTEN FRONTLINE IN THE GLOBAL FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
While the world watches Ukraine defend itself against Russian aggression, Myanmar is fighting an equally crucial battle on another front of the same global conflict. What many see as an internal civil...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
My novel Breaking the Cycle takes place for a large part in the mountain of Chin State.
Click here to learn more about Chin State on my blog:
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Breaking the Cycle: A Novel Set in Myanmar's Chin Stat
Where Ancient Mountains Meet Modern ResistanceBreaking the Cycle invites readers into one of Southeast Asia's most compelling yet lesser-known regions: Chin State, a mountainous sanctuary in northwest...
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December 3, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Breaking the Cycle is my upcoming new novel. It will be published on 1st February 2026, for the 5-year anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar.
Stay tuned for more information.
December 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
As the military junta prepares to stage sham elections, let's not be distracted by their recent limited victories. The junta controls only 21% of Myanmar's territory. Resistance forces hold 42%.

#Myanmar #FreeBurma #SpringRevolution #EndMilitaryRule #SupportMyanmar #FreedomForMyanmar
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 AM
A gripping report of the situation on the battlefield in Myanmar almost 5 years after the military coup.
#AlJazeera is the only international media shining a light on what is happening in Myanmar.
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Exposing the hidden horrors on Myanmar’s battlefields I Al Jazeera Investigations
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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November 24, 2025 at 5:28 AM